IMPORTANT PSA RE INSIGHT
Over the past few hours, I've observed a number of you who are ahead delete tweets with revealing content - revealing to You more than anyone else.
Instead of being unsettled, you can learn to take advantage. And the techniques are remarkably simple.
Over the past few hours, I've observed a number of you who are ahead delete tweets with revealing content - revealing to You more than anyone else.
Instead of being unsettled, you can learn to take advantage. And the techniques are remarkably simple.
When your mind is activated properly, you will get insights in the form of "impulses" - questions you feel like asking, thoughts you're compelled to share for no specific reason etc.
You will know them by their imposing themselves on you, often repeatedly and despite resistance.
You will know them by their imposing themselves on you, often repeatedly and despite resistance.
These insights rarely are ready for "prime time" but almost always signal value. Why waste an opportunity for advancement and create a pathology by repressing?
When you get insight, do not try to rationalize as cause-effect. Instead, use brain activation deliberately.
When you get insight, do not try to rationalize as cause-effect. Instead, use brain activation deliberately.
1. Make sure the idea/impulse/whatever is authentic - NOT wishful thinking.
You do that by looking into awareness. Does it "feel" right? Does it engender a sense of energy and lightness and release - alone, without rationalization?
This is about "right-brain" activation.
You do that by looking into awareness. Does it "feel" right? Does it engender a sense of energy and lightness and release - alone, without rationalization?
This is about "right-brain" activation.
2. If it feels right, list the costs and benefits of moving forward with it and the HOW. Write them down if that helps.
Example: if you want to share an idea, what's the best venue/timing? The best format? NOT the why - the WHAT & the HOW.
This is about "left-brain" activation.
Example: if you want to share an idea, what's the best venue/timing? The best format? NOT the why - the WHAT & the HOW.
This is about "left-brain" activation.
3. If you still can't make up your mind, externalize control.
Ask someone to make the decision for you. It will bring in more focus. When a decision is imposed on you, your reaction to it could clarify - even if you ultimately decide to do the opposite.
Ask someone to make the decision for you. It will bring in more focus. When a decision is imposed on you, your reaction to it could clarify - even if you ultimately decide to do the opposite.
4. Use stressors.
Do a chore you hate doing. Make that trivial phone call you've been dreading. Hit the gym or go running. Fast. Whatever makes you uncomfortable in a different way. "Scapegoat."
Do a chore you hate doing. Make that trivial phone call you've been dreading. Hit the gym or go running. Fast. Whatever makes you uncomfortable in a different way. "Scapegoat."
5. ALWAYS be mindful of ego-attachment.
Is the only thing stopping you (cost from step 2), someone's reaction to what you do or say?
Really? Don't be pathetic.
Is the only thing stopping you (cost from step 2), someone's reaction to what you do or say?
Really? Don't be pathetic.
